Charlie Vs Curry-Battle for Earth: Volunteering in Nepal & Backpacking in SE Asia
About this blog
I'm a 21 year old Southern Californian film student who had never done much of any traveling, let alone overseas, before this summer. Since it was to be the last "summer as kids know summers" of my life before graduation & real life setting in, I decided I had to do something epic and make it count. So, in the middle of class during spring I booked an airline ticket to Kathmandu and set up a 2 month volunteer stint with VSN Nepal. After Nepal I backpacked all around SE Asia, half the time by myself, until finally returning home a (hopefully) changed man.
Here be the tales of me epic adventure! * = Entry w/Favorite Experience (usually in hindsight)
Trip Start
May 20, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 19, 2008
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There are 77 entries in this blog
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Day 1, Pt.1: The Thirty Hour Flight -
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Day 1, Pt.2: Landing in Nepal -
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Day 1, Pt.3: My Host Family -
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Day 2: The Mutant Rat -
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Day 3: Thamel -
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Day 4: Pashputinath -
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Day 5: Fermented Matzo Balls -
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Day 6: The Hill -
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Day 7: The King Deposed -
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Day 8: Walk to Bhaktapur -
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Day 9: Alan Lee's Croissants -
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Day 10: Nepali Moonshine -
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*Days 11-18: Poon Hill/Ghorepani Circuit Trek! -
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Day 19: The Wall of Affection -
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Day 20: VSN Orphanage Pizza Party -
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Day 21: Bir Hospital -
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Day 22: Construction Work -
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Day 23: Taxi Strike -
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Day 24: Lil Buddha -
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Days 25-26: The Wedding -
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Day 27: Resam Phiriri -
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*Day 28: Sumit's Story -
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Day 29: Cow Poop & Calamine -
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Days 30-31: Sushaan's 5th Birthday! -
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Day 32: Transport Lockdown Continues -
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Day 33: The Weight-Loss Blues -
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Check-In Post -
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*Days 34-35: "He just needs love." -
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Days 35-39: The Tikka -
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*Days 40-43: Obama & The Search for Interpol -
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*Day 44: The Wrath of Phenyl -
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Day 45: ID4 at the Embassy -
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*Day 46: Quest of the Goat Meat -
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*Days 47-48: "All good things..." (Leaving Nepal) -
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*Day 48: Big Things & Lights! Phase 2 Begins -
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Days 49-50: Singapore to Yogya -
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Day 51, Pt.1: My First Motorcycle Ride -
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Day 51, Pt.2: Mister Chah'Ching -
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Day 52: A New Friend -
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*Day 53: Ary's Hospitality -
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Day 54: Gunung Bromo & Bus to Bali -
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Day 55: Ubud, Beach Bumming & the Memorial -
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Days 56-58: Moped Drives & Sunset Dinners -
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Day 59: Into the Wild! -
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*Day 60: Orangutans & French Lullabies -
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*Day 61: Homesick :-( -
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Day 62: Falling in Love With Bukit Lawang -
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Day 63: A Taste of Penang -
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Day 64: Bad First Impressions of KL -
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*Days 65-66: The Blackjack Scam -
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Day 67: Alone No More, Reunited w/Jeff -
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Day 68, Pt.1: "Beware Wily Strangers" -
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Day 68, Pt.2: Man & Woman Makelove -
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*Day 69: Escape From Poipet -
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Day 70, Pt.1: Camera Vs. Monsoon @ Angkor Thom -
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Day 70, Pt.2: The Pizza Company -
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Day 71: One Dollah, You Buy? -
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Day 72: Night in the Heart of Darkness -
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Day 73: The Land of Contrasts -
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Day 74: Rejecting Lady-Boom-Boom -
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Day 75: Scooter Dodging -
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Day 77: A Day on the Delta -
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Days 76-79: Twelve Saigon Memories -
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Days 79-80: Olympics & The Immigration Officer -
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*Day 80: National Day '08 -
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Day 81: Singapore Redux Cont. & The Indian Trio -
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Day 82: Battered & Drained, We Find Heaven... -
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Day 83: Monkey Beach & Kayak Clumsiness -
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Day 84: Roast Crickets & The Cargo Ship -
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Day 85: Corona Commercial Moments -
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Day 86: The Sweatiest I've Ever Been -
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Day 87: Full Moon Party -
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Day 88, Pt.1: The Aftermath -
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Day 88 Pt.2: Back to the Mainland -
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Day 89: Skyline Martinis & The Meaning of Life -
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*Day 90: Bittersweet Farewells -
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Day 91: Journey's End at In-N-Out
